二に十じゅう七しち

numeric

27; twenty-seven

The number 27. Both readings にじゅうしち and にじゅうなな are used; にじゅうしち is more common in careful speech, while にじゅうなな is often preferred in counting to avoid confusion with しち/いち.

• クラスには二に十じゅう七しち人にんの生せい徒とがいます。

  There are twenty-seven students in the class.

• ２７ページを開ひらいてください。

  Please open to page 27.

numeric

3am; three in the morning

Only when written ２７

Colloquial time expression used in contexts like late-night TV schedules or 24-hour establishments, where hours past midnight are counted as 25時, 26時, 27時, etc. Restricted to the ２７ spelling in this sense.

• 番ばん組ぐみは２７時じから放ほう送そうされます。

  The program will be broadcast from 3am.